Nayer Nagui (conductor); Dima Bawab and Dina Iskander (sopranos), Hisham ElGuindy (tenor), Reda ElWakil (bass-baritone)
About this concert
Mozart began his Great Mass in C minor, K. 427, in Vienna in 1782, around the time of his marriage to Constanze Weber, and never finished it; even so it is one of his grandest works, written for double choir. This was its first performance in Egypt.
Programme
Work
Mozart, Great Mass in C minor K.427
Soloists and artists
Dima Bawab and Dina Iskander, sopranos; Hisham ElGuindy, tenor; Reda ElWakil, bass-baritone
About the music
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Great Mass in C minor, K. 427
Written in Vienna in 1782–83, when Mozart was 26, soon after his move from Salzburg and his marriage to Constanze Weber; he shaped the soprano solos for her voice.
Left unfinished: most of the Credo and the whole Agnus Dei are missing.
First performed on 26 October 1783 at St Peter’s Abbey, Salzburg.
Scored for two sopranos, tenor, bass, double four-part choir and orchestra.
